2002 3/4 Ton Heavy Duty Diesel Chevy 2500
Hey everyone, My wife and I bought our first travel trailer 2 years ago and we have been living in it full time and love it. We just had our first baby boy and the trailer we have now is starting to...
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^Yup, no argument there. Also doesn’t differentiate between BP and 5ver/GN.
Also the 12k is based on BP with WDH and tailored to the published limits of the factory hitch receiver.
And the 2002 GM trailering guide says 16klbs + (doesn’t say exact, it’s a bar chart) for 5ver towing, “when properly equipped”.
(another fun fact, it shows approx 1000lbs more 5ver rating for 2500s vs 3500s, for those that are living and dying by the “smart engineers who published these ratings”. Lol. Now be honest, does that actually make sense?)
And since all 2500HD 2002 Duramax pickups are “equipped” the same. IE same exact drivetrain, cooling, horsepower, axles, brakes, final gear ratio, etc, they are all reasonably “properly equipped”.
Now maybe the OP will be convinced that he’s getting bad intel from most of the crowd here….
Nevermind the fact that in the owners manual your quoting, GM curiously rated ALL 2500 and 3500 trucks srw or dual (also no differentiation) with a big block/4.10s or with a diesel, EXACTLY the same for max BP trailer weight and GCVW. (Btw, gcvw allows for more than 12k on the hook if you do the math, considering payload / gvw was not considered).
Apologies, that’s a lot of words to say you’re wrong, and I’m sure the peanut gallery will be offended. But my explanation was to help the OP (and others who aren’t self proclaimed arm chair pros) understand and not be steered in the wrong direction.
Also the 12k is based on BP with WDH and tailored to the published limits of the factory hitch receiver.
And the 2002 GM trailering guide says 16klbs + (doesn’t say exact, it’s a bar chart) for 5ver towing, “when properly equipped”.
(another fun fact, it shows approx 1000lbs more 5ver rating for 2500s vs 3500s, for those that are living and dying by the “smart engineers who published these ratings”. Lol. Now be honest, does that actually make sense?)
And since all 2500HD 2002 Duramax pickups are “equipped” the same. IE same exact drivetrain, cooling, horsepower, axles, brakes, final gear ratio, etc, they are all reasonably “properly equipped”.
Now maybe the OP will be convinced that he’s getting bad intel from most of the crowd here….
Nevermind the fact that in the owners manual your quoting, GM curiously rated ALL 2500 and 3500 trucks srw or dual (also no differentiation) with a big block/4.10s or with a diesel, EXACTLY the same for max BP trailer weight and GCVW. (Btw, gcvw allows for more than 12k on the hook if you do the math, considering payload / gvw was not considered).
Apologies, that’s a lot of words to say you’re wrong, and I’m sure the peanut gallery will be offended. But my explanation was to help the OP (and others who aren’t self proclaimed arm chair pros) understand and not be steered in the wrong direction.
